Difference between revisions of "Workshop on Ontology of Diseases"
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The [http://ncbo.us National Center for Biomedical Ontology] will host a two-day workshop focused on the ontology of diseases. The workshop will take place on November 6-7, 2006 at John Hopkins University, Baltimore. | The [http://ncbo.us National Center for Biomedical Ontology] will host a two-day workshop focused on the ontology of diseases. The workshop will take place on November 6-7, 2006 at John Hopkins University, Baltimore. | ||
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(IV) The next steps -- Moderated Discussion (Moderatrix: Suzanna Lewis) | (IV) The next steps -- Moderated Discussion (Moderatrix: Suzanna Lewis) | ||
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| + | The workshop is associated with [http://www.formalontology.org/fois-2006/FOIS-2006%20Call%20for%20Papers.htm/ FOIS 2006] and KRMed 2006. | ||
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| + | The [http://diseaseontology.sourceforge.net/ OBO disease ontology]. | ||
Revision as of 09:29, 11 February 2006
General Information
The National Center for Biomedical Ontology will host a two-day workshop focused on the ontology of diseases. The workshop will take place on November 6-7, 2006 at John Hopkins University, Baltimore.
The goals of the workshop are to promote principles of sound ontology construction and to raise the level of cooperation between people who work in this and related fields.
The workshop will consist of four sections:
(I) Disease Ontologies -- Where we are (Moderator: Rex Chisholm)
(II) Problems of Disease Ontologies -- The philosophical perspective (Moderator: Barry Smith)
(III) Problems of Disease Ontologies -- The medical perspective (Moderator: Werner Ceusters)
(IV) The next steps -- Moderated Discussion (Moderatrix: Suzanna Lewis)
Links
The workshop is associated with FOIS 2006 and KRMed 2006.
The OBO disease ontology.